Bug#1134925: texlive-binaries: cannot upgrade texlive due to conflict on dvidvi - missing Replaces?

Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:21:39 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.tetex
Message-ID <20260425222139.GA606304__22837.7553330333$1777155808$gmane$org@qaa.vinc17.org>
Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2026.20260303.78225+ds-2
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 7.6.2

I cannot upgrade texlive, but "apt install texlive -s" shows
that the upgrade is possible if dvidvi is removed. However,
this removal is not automatic, which is the issue.

I can see that texlive-binaries how has

Provides: dvidvi, [...]
Conflicts: dvidvi, [...]

According to

  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

  7.6.2. Replacing whole packages, forcing their removal

"dvidvi" should also be added to "Replaces:" to force its removal.